Keiji Wada

Best Publications

• Epilepsy and Exacerbation of Brain Injury in Mice Lacking the Glutamate Transporter GLT-1

  Kohichi Tanaka;Kei Watase;Toshiya Manabe;Keiko Yamada

  2077
  Citations

• Distribution of alpha2, alpha3, alpha4, and beta2 neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit mRNAs in the central nervous system: A hybridization histochemical study in the rat

  Etsuko Wada;Keiji Wada;Jim Boulter;Evan Deneris

  1253
  Citations

• Immunochemical characterization of the non-NMDA glutamate receptor using subunit-specific antibodies. Evidence for a hetero-oligomeric structure in rat brain.

  R J Wenthold;N Yokotani;K Doi;K Wada

  745
  Citations

• Intragenic deletion in the gene encoding ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase in gad mice.

  Kazumasa Saigoh;Yu-Lai Wang;Jun-Gyo Suh;Toshiyuki Yamanishi

  632
  Citations

• Stargazin modulates AMPA receptor gating and trafficking by distinct domains

  Susumu Tomita;Hillel Adesnik;Masayuki Sekiguchi;Wei Zhang

  590
  Citations

• Microglia–Müller Glia Cell Interactions Control Neurotrophic Factor Production during Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration

  Takayuki Harada;Chikako Harada;Shinichi Kohsaka;Etsuko Wada

  502
  Citations

• Ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 binds to and stabilizes monoubiquitin in neuron

  Hitoshi Osaka;Yu Lai Wang;Koji Takada;Shuichi Takizawa

  498
  Citations

• Glutamate Transporter GLAST Is Expressed in the Radial Glia–Astrocyte Lineage of Developing Mouse Spinal Cord

  Takashi Shibata;Keiko Yamada;Masahiko Watanabe;Kazuhiro Ikenaka

  488
  Citations

• Motor discoordination and increased susceptibility to cerebellar injury in GLAST mutant mice.

  Kei Watase;Kouichi Hashimoto;Masanobu Kano;Keiko Yamada

  476
  Citations

• Functional Comparison of d-Serine and Glycine in Rodents: The Effect on Cloned NMDA Receptors and the Extracellular Concentration

  Taka-aki Matsui;Masayuki Sekiguchi;Atsushi Hashimoto;Urara Tomita

  472
  Citations

• Mice lacking bombesin receptor subtype-3 develop metabolic defects and obesity

  Hiroko Ohki-Hamazaki;Kei Watase;Kazutoshi Yamamoto;Hiroo Ogura

  449
  Citations

• Primary structure and expression of β2: A novel subunit of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

  Evan S. Deneris;John Connolly;Jim Boulter;Etsuko Wada

  395
  Citations

• Functional expression of a new pharmacological subtype of brain nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

  Keiji Wada;Marc Ballivet;Jim Boulter;John Connolly

  391
  Citations

• The functions of UCH-L1 and its relation to neurodegenerative diseases.

  Rieko Setsuie;Keiji Wada

  387
  Citations

• Maternal obesity impairs hippocampal BDNF production and spatial learning performance in young mouse offspring.

  Yusuke Tozuka;Mami Kumon;Etsuko Wada;Masafumi Onodera

  343
  Citations

• Neurotoxins distinguish between different neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit combinations.

  Charles W. Luetje;Keiji Wada;Scott Rogers;Stewart N. Abramson

  329
  Citations

• Functions of the two glutamate transporters GLAST and GLT-1 in the retina

  Takayuki Harada;Chikako Harada;Masahiko Watanabe;Yoshiro Inoue

  311
  Citations

• Modification of Glial–Neuronal Cell Interactions Prevents Photoreceptor Apoptosis during Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration

  Takayuki Harada;Chikako Harada;Naoki Nakayama;Shigeru Okuyama

  309
  Citations

• Clinico-pathological rescue of a model mouse of Huntington's disease by siRNA.

  Yu-Lai Wang;Wanzhao Liu;Etsuko Wada;Miho Murata

  299
  Citations

• Sequence and expression of a frog brain complementary DNA encoding a kainate-binding protein

  Keiji Wada;Claude J. Dechesne;Shunichi Shimasaki;Ron G. King

  260
  Citations

• Aberrant Interaction between Parkinson Disease-associated Mutant UCH-L1 and the Lysosomal Receptor for Chaperone-mediated Autophagy *

  Tomohiro Kabuta;Akiko Furuta;Shunsuke Aoki;Koh Furuta

  249
  Citations

• EAAT4 is a post-synaptic glutamate transporter at Purkinje cell synapses.

  Keiko Yamada;Masahiko Watanabe;Takashi Shibata;Kohichi Tanaka

  177
  Citations

• PLGA artificial nerve conduits with dental pulp cells promote facial nerve regeneration

  Ryo Sasaki;Shunsuke Aoki;Masayuki Yamato;Hiroto Uchiyama

  158
  Citations

• Neuroprotective role of bradykinin because of the attenuation of pro‐inflammatory cytokine release from activated microglia

  Mami Noda;Yukihiro Kariura;Ulrike Pannasch;Kaori Nishikawa

  158
  Citations

• Facilitation of Extinction Learning for Contextual Fear Memory by PEPA: A Potentiator of AMPA Receptors

  Ko Zushida;Mikako Sakurai;Keiji Wada;Masayuki Sekiguchi

  145
  Citations

• Developmental regulation of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase isozyme expression during spermatogenesis in mice.

  Jungkee Kwon;Yu Lai Wang;Rieko Setsuie;Satoshi Sekiguchi

  140
  Citations

• Direct uptake and degradation of DNA by lysosomes

  Yuuki Fujiwara;Hisae Kikuchi;Shu Aizawa;Akiko Furuta

  139
  Citations

• Dopaminergic neuronal loss in transgenic mice expressing the Parkinson's disease-associated UCH-L1 I93M mutant.

  Rieko Setsuie;Yu Lai Wang;Hideki Mochizuki;Hitoshi Osaka

  137
  Citations

• The slow Wallerian degeneration gene, WldS, inhibits axonal spheroid pathology in gracile axonal dystrophy mice

  Weiqian Mi;Bogdan Beirowski;Thomas H. Gillingwater;Robert Adalbert

  136
  Citations

• Potential role of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptors in Müller glial cells during light-induced retinal degeneration

  C Harada;T Harada;H.-M.A Quah;F Maekawa

  133
  Citations

• G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Screen Reveals a Role for Chemokine Receptor CCR5 in Suppressing Microglial Neurotoxicity

  Kazushige Gamo;Sumiko Kiryu-Seo;Hiroyuki Konishi;Shunsuke Aoki

  125
  Citations

• The novel δ opioid receptor agonist KNT-127 produces antidepressant-like and antinociceptive effects in mice without producing convulsions.

  Akiyoshi Saitoh;Azusa Sugiyama;Toru Nemoto;Hideaki Fujii

  123
  Citations

• Neurosphere generation from dental pulp of adult rat incisor.

  Ryo Sasaki;Shunsuke Aoki;Masayuki Yamato;Hiroto Uchiyama

  121
  Citations

• Dynamic changes in expression of glutamate transporter mRNAs in developing brain.

  Takashi Shibata;Masahiko Watanabe;Kohichi Tanaka;Keiji Wada

  120
  Citations

• Role of ubiquitin carboxy terminal hydrolase-L1 in neural cell apoptosis induced by ischemic retinal injury in vivo.

  Takayuki Harada;Chikako Harada;Yu Lai Wang;Hitoshi Osaka

  112
  Citations